The Washington critic., 1887-09-30
CENTRE nIAKKEr GOSSIP.
A Duli Week Tor Trade, but Bottci
Ernsnnria for To. .mnrrnM.

A Dull Week Tor Trade, but Better
Prospects for Tomorrow.
The rain and bad weather OF the past few
days had Its effect on the market as on
everything else. Matkctmen report salce
during the week as light, but with good
weather to-day there is q prospect that to-
morrow will be fairly good day. While
the sales have been small, there ls no mate
rial change In prices. It was expected that
with The usual return OF people who had
been away for the summer that sales would
have been better In tho meat market at
least; instead they are lighter.
MEATS.
Fine portethouse steak holds lts own at
90 to % cents pound; tendcrloin, 20,
prime rib roast, 20; quarter OF lamb, 20;
lamb chops, 20 to %; corned beef, to 10
cents, and large beef tongues, 30 cents
each There arc more chickens than last
week, and they bring all the way from $3.50
to $3.50 dozen.
Squads arc scarce at % cents each.
VEGETABLES.
There were very few vegetables In market
to-day, but with good weather there will be
more tomorrow. Good white potatoes
have advanced slightly and are now worth
30 to 40 cents peck. Eastern Shore sweet
potatoes are cheaper, at 2j to 40 cents, aud
are the best that have been In market this
year Tomatoes, at 90 to 30 cents peck,
are tribe cheaper, II not quite SO fine.
Preserving tomatoes are gone. Corn Is
steady, at 20 to 80 cents dozen. Lettuce
and cabbage are 3 to 10 cents a head.
Turnips are bit cheaper, being 40 cents
peck, while yellow onions have gone away
n n
being 90 to 75 cents q dozen, but II Ia very
fine. String beans have advanced to 80
cents peck, and LIMA beans to 10 cents q
quart.
There Is n large demand for pumpkins
and an advance In price OF cent per pound
At Engers stand, In the Ninth.street wing,
there are as tlue mushrooms as one wants
to see at 20 cents q quart. This is very
cheap when one considers that q month
hence they will bring from $3.50 to 50 a
quart.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
The butter market is advancing and table
grades are in good demand. The retail
price remains unchanged. Prints, 40 to 80;
fine creamery, 35. good, 30, and dairy, 2j
to 30. Fresh eggs are scarce and higher;
retail price, 20 to 90.
PIsu.
Fish arc more plentiful and cheaper, and
In couple OF weeks will be still cheaper.
Jayins & Son have the first red snapper OF
the season; It is worth l2l cents pound;
sheepshead, 10, and scarce; salmon, 35;
fresh cod, IL; halibut, 20, and very scarce;
salmon trout, 12i; porgies, L.; spanish
mackerel, 80; sea bass, IL; scallsps, 20; lob.
ster 10, and shrimp, 30 to 80, bit cheaper
| than last week. Pan and boiling rock are
cheaper, being 90 cents bunch, white perch
25 and Norfolk spots 20 cents a bunch.
FRUIT.
Fruit Is good, but not quite so fine as last
week. Peaches hang on at the same price,
75 cents and 81 peck. OF course there are
some in market for less money, but they
are OF an Inferior quality. Pears, while
very fine, have also advanced in price
They range all the way from so cents to
Sl.50 per peck. Grapes are still plentiful,
and extra fine; the Concord are worth 45
cents for ten.pound basket; Delaware, 40
for six.pound basket, and Niagara, 60
cents for a small basket. There is not an
orange In market, and prunes have gone.
| The best lemons are worth 25 cents dozen,
| and bananas 25 to 30. Cape Cod crauber-
| ries are IL to IA cents quart.